Property Description
• Approximately 50 sqm
• 10-15 mins walk to the beach
• Sleeps 4 (one bedroom and one sofabed in the lounge, the 4th bed is a camp bed for a small child)
• Superking size bed with hotel grade mattress
• Sea views from the bedroom
• Eco friendly ~ underfloor heating powered by an air source heat pump
• Fitted kitchen, fully equipped with what you need to cook properly, including a hob and oven, microwave, coffee machine, fridge, washing machine and dishwasher and all utensils
• Basin and huge walk in shower just off the bedroom
• Separate WC
• Linen, towels and essentials included
• TV, DVD player, games, books and OS maps
• Use of our 2 acre garden
• Outdoor seating area and charcoal BBQ
• Private off road parking
• Beaches, restaurants, cafes, a pub and a shop all within walking distance
History & Eco-credentials
We purchased the old agriculturally redundant barns in 2013 when they were sold by Cornwall Council. They had no planning permission and no one other than the cows had ever lived in them! We had lived in the area for many years and had been looking for exactly this kind of project.
So after many years of hard work, along came Bream Barn, Bream Loft and Little Bream.
We wanted to create environmentally friendly holiday properties, that would be in keeping with the beautiful natural surroundings.
Here are a few ways we have acheived this;
• Air Source Heat Pump
• Our own domestic sewage treatment plant
• We used much more insulation than regulations require
• Thermodynamic panels for hot water heating
• Infra-red panels for heating
• Wood burners to burn our own home grown fuel
• Solar panel array (coming soon)
• Rainwater harvesting to water the garden
• Recycling shed, we recycle all we can
• Decompostible coffee capsules
• We only use environmentally friendly cleaning products ~ better for us as well as the environment
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The Location
Little Bream is in a peaceful quiet area and is part of one of three barn conversions at the same location.
We live on site so available if guests need us, but each property has plenty of privacy and they don’t overlook one another.
Little Bream can be found in a rural but coastal location near a dairy farm between Maenporth beach & Mawnan Smith, with amazing coastal walks in both directions on the South West Coast Path.
Hotel Meudon is very close, with its path through beautiful tropical gardens down to Bream Cove (which is a great swimming spot), amazing restaurant and cocktail bar.
Maenporth beach, the Helford River, restaurants, cafes, a pub and a shop are all within walking distance. Falmouth is an easy 10 minute drive.
The Property
Little Bream is a cosy semi-detached two storey cottage, attached to the owners house next door. It has its own entrance, own facilities, own thermostats for the heating, and plenty of noise reducing wall insulation between the two properties. It has much privacy and is not overlooked by any other property.
There is an open plan lounge/dining/kitchen which has a sofa (a sofabed) a dining table and chair, an armchair, and wall mounted TV.
The kitchen is fully equipped with everything you will need to cook properly, and has a Lavazza coffee machine with capsules included. There is a washing machine, drying rack, dishwasher, microwave, oven, toaster, kettle, iron and ironing board, and all utensils.
We provide all bed linen, towels, (but not beach towels), Tea-towels, laundry tablets, dishwasher tablets, hand soap, loo paper, and basic cleaning products. We also provide basics like oil, salt and pepper, tea bags, sugar, milk sachets and a few herbs and spices. The bedroom has a super king size bed, bedside tables, hanging rail and chest of drawers.
We have a travel cot and a high chair you can use if you are bringing little people, and there is a camp bed available for a smaller child which can be put in the bedroom upstairs. There are also books available, buckets & spades, fishing nets and crab lines in the shed.
Please note that the bedroom is open plan to the lounge below, so noise may travel upstairs if the TV is on downstairs.
Guests of Little Bream have exclusive use of a small gravelled seating area with table and chairs, but also are welcome to enjoy the 2 acre garden, including a seating area on the eastern boundary with the field that overlooks the sea and gets the last sun of the day! Bliss!
The Garden
Our garden is two acres and guests are very welcome to use it. We have two very friendly dogs called Lulu and Margot who may be in the garden. The dogs are calm and placid and keep themselves to themselves. There are also several peacocks and peahens that sometimes roam around our garden from the nearby farm. We have hens which are sometimes out in the garden. We are very close to a dairy farm but don’t panic, luckily rarely does it smell like we are!
Eco-credentials
Little Bream is heated using an air source heat pump, and has underfloor heating. We have our own sewage treatment plant.
We converted the barn from an old cow shed in 2016 and so has modern insulation making it cool in the summer and warm in the winter. There is an MVHR (mechanical ventilation heat recovery system) which constantly cleans and refreshes the air in the barn.
We use ecofriendly cleaning products and detergents, and recycle what we can.
Dogs
Sorry, we do not allow dogs at this property but we do in Bream Barn and Bream Loft.
If you have any other questions about Little Bream, do not hesitate to send us an enquiry HERE or check availability using the calendar to book.